Roland-Garros: Shevchenko advances to second round
Alexander Shevchenko defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between American qualifier Ethan Quinn and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 16 seed, in the next round
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Kazakh lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko advanced to the second round of Roland-Garros by beating Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) at Roland-Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Shevchenko, ranked No 103, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Ethan Quinn and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 16 seed, next.
Paris (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Hugo Dellien
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Jack Draper
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Joao Fonseca
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Novak Djokovic
- Corentin Moutet vs. Clement Tabur
- Marin Cilic vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Adam Walton
- Alexandre Muller vs. Jakub Mensik
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Henrique Rocha
- Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris
- Jesper De Jong vs. Francesco Passaro: tuesday
- Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien: tuesday
- Alexander Bublik vs. James Duckworth: tuesday
- Ethan Quinn vs. Grigor Dimitrov: tuesday
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Federico Agustin Gomez: tuesday
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Cameron Norrie: tuesday
- Alex De Minaur (9) beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Marcos Giron: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Jaume Munar beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-4, 6-1, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert (22) beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Filip Misolic (Q) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Arthur Fils (14) beat Nicolas Jarry: 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Denis Shapovalov (27) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
- Richard Gasquet (WC) beat Terence Atmane (WC): 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Sebastian Ofner beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2
- Gabriel Diallo beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka beat Jordan Thompson: 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (24) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Jacob Fearnley beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2
- Holger Rune (10) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (20) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
- Daniel Altmaier beat Taylor Fritz (4): 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26) beat Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Hugo Gaston beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 2-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin (25) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-4, 1-2 ret.
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Arthur Cazaux (WC): 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (7) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda (23) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez: 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Kyrian Jacquet (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Quentin Halys beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (4), 4-1 ret.
- Ben Shelton (13) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Jenson Brooksby beat Jaime Faria: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Emilio Nava (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
- Matteo Gigante (Q) beat Benjamin Hassan (Q): 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
- Fabian Marozsan beat Luca Nardi: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Frances Tiafoe (15) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
- Juan Manuel Cerundolo (Q) beat Alex Michelsen (32): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Daniel Elahi Galan (LL) beat Valentin Royer (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-0
- Vit Kopriva beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1
- Damir Dzumhur beat Thiago Agustin Tirante (LL): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Reilly Opelka beat Rinky Hijikata: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (31) beat Zizou Bergs: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Elmer Moller (LL): 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Tristan Schoolkate (WC): 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Mariano Navone beat Brandon Nakashima (28): 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
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